2017 Scholastic Writing Awards
Award List
Gold Key, American Voices Nominee
Hope McSherry, 13, Poetry, Letters to Autumn, Ode to the Curtain, Teacher – Anne Merkel
Ilie Parmley, 14, Personal Essay/Memoir, The Extra Eight, Teacher – Heather Webster
Grace Roberts, 16, Personal Essay/Memoir, The Protagonist, Teacher – Matthew Clements
Gold Key
Jeanne Allen, 17, Personal Essay/Memoir, Lost, Teacher – Jen Onken
Emma Auer, 15, Short Story, A Summer In Adelphe, Teacher – Suzanne Langlois
Patrick Bergen, 13, Personal Essay/Memoir, Picking Myself Up, Teacher – Brad Martin
Paul Biberstein, 16, Dramatic Script, Dark Side of the Moon, Teacher – Lisa Blier
Rebekah Brown, 16, Short Story, The Final Photograph, Teacher – Tracy Haskell
Alexandra Burns, 17, Critical Essay, Deliberate Humor: Fats Waller and Signifying, Teacher – Amy
Russell
Anushka Canfield, 13, Short Story, It’s Okay To Be Afraid, Teachers – Charlotte Agell & Ira Warshaw
Massimo Daul, 14, Poetry, Generic Love Rhymes, Teacher – Maria Simpson
Toby Day, 13, Poetry, Fix What You Think is Broken, Teacher – Julie Day
Reiley Fox, 17, Poetry, 9:25pm, Teacher – Scott Singer
Rohan Freedman, 15, Personal Essay/Memoir, Harmonic Cacophony, Teachers – Rosamond Gross &
Lauren Tarantino
Rohan Freedman, 15, Personal Essay/Memoir, The Ball, Teachers – Rosamond Gross & Lauren
Tarantino
Zahra Freedman, 15, Personal Essay/Memoir, Unvarnished, Teacher – Rosamond Gross
Samantha Howe, 16, Science Fiction/Fantasy, The Fairy Tale Prince, Teacher – Lowansa Tompkins
Emily Hubert, 16, Poetry, Goodbye, Teacher – Thomas Sheehy
Alison Jones, 13, Poetry, Tempest, Anything but Shakespeare, Almost Comedy, Teacher – Adam Harnik
Jack Jordan, 13, Short Story, The Similarities, Teacher – Elizabeth Sanborn
Julia Lee, 14, Short Story, Drowning to Breathe, Teacher – Lisa Davison
Evan Lucca, 13, Poetry, The Mathematics of Poetry, Teacher – Charlotte Agell
Riley Mayes, 16, Personal Essay/Memoir, Everyday Miracle, Teacher – Laura Lennig
Matilda McColl, 15, Humor, Pretty In Pink, Teacher – Daralyn McColl
Mary McColley, 17, Poetry, Happy Birthday, Teacher – Molly McGrath
Luviana McLean, 16, Short Story, The Other Father, Teacher – Tracy Haskell
Amber Morrill, 16, Short Story, This is Why I Love the Sport, Teacher – Timothy Straub
Afton Morton, 14, Personal Essay/Memoir, Concert Thoughts, Teacher – Heidi Grant
Reilley Mulligan, 13, Short Story, The Day My World Came to an End, Teacher – Bill Ezzard
Wells Mundell-Wood, 13, Poetry, In Actuality, Not Reality, Teacher – Thomas True
Lily Oliver, 17, Poetry, Saint Sebastian, Teachers – Jenna Hubbard, Amy Rosenberg & Matt Rosenberg
Jack Ouimette, 16, Flash Fiction, The Dolls, Teacher – Colleen Madden
Alyviah Paquette, 14, Poetry, Rise and Fall, Teachers – Elizabeth Barker, Adina Hunter & Andrew
Periale
Dylan Richmond, 17, Personal Essay/Memoir, Driver’s License, Teacher – Barbara Waterman
Grace Roberts, 16, Flash Fiction, Ribs, Teacher – Matthew Clements
Timothy St. Pierre, 18, Poetry, An Unforgiving Remembrance, Teacher – Allison Price
Sydney Sullivan, 15, Poetry, Unpolished, Third Generation, Disregarded yet Decisive, Short-Lived,
Teacher – Anne Merkel
Liam Swift, 15, Novel Writing, The Sky At 5 AM, Teacher – Molly McGrath
Dionna Taylor, 15, Short Story, Forever in a Day, Teacher – Alexandra MacPhail
Krissy Waite, Journalism, Keeping Chemicals off the Menu: Aspartame, Teacher – Barbara Waterman
Silver Key
Ella Beauregard, 13, Poetry, Transformation, Teacher – Anne Merkel
Ethan Brouder, 16, Poetry, A Mudder is Clam With No Clam Inside, Teacher – Joan Guild
Ethan Brouder, 16, Poetry, Leaving Brooklyn, Teacher – Joan Guild
Rebekah Brown, 16, Short Story, The Beast, Teacher – Tracy Haskell
Lacey Brune, 13, Poetry, View from Bigelow, Ode to Barbeque Sauce, Teacher – Anne Merkel
Alexandra Burns, 17, Critical Essay, Kill Me Now, Teacher – Amy Russell
Anna Callahan, 17, Journalism, Amidst Gentrification, Decades-old Barbershop is Vestige of
Neighborhood History, Teacher – Amy Russell
Liberty Clark, 16, Short Story, Loops, Teacher – Scott Singer
Zoe Clark, 13, Short Story, Panic, Teacher – Julie Esch
Alia Corsi, 16, Poetry, Finding Happiness, Teacher – Scott Singer
Massimo Daul, 14, Poetry, Muses, Teacher – Maria Simpson
Massimo Daul, 14, Flash Fiction, You Are Beautiful, Teacher – Maria Simpson
Makena Deveraux, 15, Short Story, Honey, Playtime is Over, Teacher – Lisa Melanson
Kara Ellsmore, 18, Poetry, Thirteen, Teacher – Lucinda Stein
Delaina Ferrell, 16, Short Story, The Green Army, Teacher – Jennie Driscoll
Jack Fibich, 15, Personal Essay/Memoir, As the Sun Sinks, Teacher – Winthrop Phillips
Kristiana Filipov, 15, Personal Essay/Memoir, German Public Transportation is Tricky: In the Eyes of a
Twelve-Year-Old American Girl, Teacher – Michael Casey
Rohan Freedman, 15, Journalism, A Canadian Example of Social Policy in Rapidly Aging Societies,
Teachers – Rosamond Gross & Lauren Tarantino
Rohan Freedman, 15, Journalism, A Canadian View to Curbing the Illicit Trade of Coltan in Central
African Republic, Teachers – Rosamond Gross & Lauren Tarantino
Rohan Freedman, 15, Personal Essay/Memoir, Bread Clips, Teachers – Rosamond Gross & Lauren
Tarantino
Zahra Freedman, 15, Personal Essay/Memoir, The Bandana Camouflage, Teacher – Rosamond Gross
Anna Friberg, 17, Poetry, Hands, Teacher – Lisa Melanson
Parker Harnett, 13, Poetry, Why I Write, Teacher – Charlotte Agell
Autumn Heil, 16, Poetry, Coins for a Dead Man, Teacher – David Patterson
Oscar Herrera, 12, Poetry, Sky Painting, Unnoticed Until Now, House in the Woods, Teacher – Anne
Merkel
Chloe Hodgdon, 13, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Forever Gone, Teacher – Jolene Twombly-Wiser
Emily Hubert, 16, Poetry, Happiness, Teacher – Thomas Sheehy
Kiersten Jones, 15, Flash Fiction, The House with Green Trim, Teacher – Adina Hunter
Avery Jurek, 17, Personal Essay/Memoir, Goodbye Babies, Teacher – Barbara Waterman
Dae Kent, 12, Poetry, The Lone Loon, Teacher – Anne Merkel
Ashley Kiser, 18, Poetry, On Her Own, Teacher – Timothy Straub
Haley Landry, 16, Poetry, WITHHELD, Teacher – Thomas Noonan
Emily Lau, 15, Poetry, To a Blueberry Picker’s Daughter, Teacher – Kristen Kelley
Christian Longobardi, 13, Poetry, Chickadee, Ode to an Inkjet Printer, Teacher – Anne Merkel
Evan Lucca, 13, Personal Essay/Memoir, The Not So “Gr.8” Time, Teachers – Charlotte Agell & Brad
Martin
Kiersten Marr, 17, Personal Essay/Memoir, Black and White, Teacher – Heidi Grant
Michael Mathews, 18, Short Story, Well, Teacher – David Lessard
Amelia Melanson, 18, Critical Essay, A Liberal’s Argument for Allowing Conservative Writers and
Speakers on Academic Campuses, Teacher – Lisa Melanson
Amelia Melanson, 18, Writing Portfolio, Reconciliation, Teacher – Lisa Melanson
Marisa Mizzoni, 17, Short Story, About Tabitha Paine, Teacher – Molly McGrath
Marisa Mizzoni, 17, Poetry, On Lucifer, Satan, Beelzebub or any Alike Disambiguations, Teacher – Jody
Selsberg
Marisa Mizzoni, 17, Short Story, Wheeler and the Warbler, Teacher – Jody Selsberg
Haley Morrill, 18, Critical Essay, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: The Complications and Benefits,
Teacher – Timothy Straub
Wells Mundell-Wood, 13, Poetry, Ode to Darkness and Light, Teacher – Thomas True
Gregory Nam, 16, Science Fiction/Fantasy, The Changeling, Teacher – John Stivers
James O’Brien, 17, Poetry, Autopsy of a Business Major, Teacher – Lisa Melanson
Amanda O’Connor, 17, Flash Fiction, Just Another Day, Teacher – Thomas Noonan
Molly O’Sullivan, 14, Personal Essay/Memoir, Rewriting the Rules, Teacher – Lisa Melanson
Audrey Pantaz, 13, Humor, Stenchous Dog and Ironic Salmon, Teacher – Sharon Callahan
Rhode Phambu, 15, Personal Essay/Memoir, Tricks to Learn English, Teacher – Molly McGrath
Siri Pierce, 14, Poetry, Wings, Teacher – Molly McGrath
Rose Rasor, 15, Poetry, Scientifically Speaking, Teacher – Marita O'Neill
Sara Robinson, 17, Novel Writing, The Titanium War: Invasion, Revenge, and Sacrifice, Teacher –
Tracy Haskell
Syd Royce, 16, Poetry, Scarred, Bruised and Beaten, Teacher – Timothy Straub
Zoe Ruff, 13, Poetry, Ode to Red, Olympics Dreams, Nighttime Escape, Second Home, Teacher – Anne
Merkel
Safa Saleh, 17, Humor, Tug-of-War, Teacher – Susan Inman
Kathryn Sanborn, 12, Poetry, Ode to Beatrix Potter, Teacher – Anne Merkel
Sidney Santerre, 17, Flash Fiction, The Comment Section, Teacher – David Lessard
Rayna Schinhofen, 14, Short Story, Gold Heart, Teachers – Sharon Callahan & Peter Stevens
Alaia Singh, 18, Personal Essay/Memoir, Daydreams, Teacher – Barbara Waterman
Luna Soley, 16, Poetry, The World Only Exists Through Us, Teacher – Lorry Stillman
Pashynce Starr, 16, Personal Essay/Memoir, And the Summer was Over, Teacher – Barbara Waterman
Sydney Sullivan, 15, Journalism, Writing Our Future, Teacher – Anne Merkel
Evelyn Turnbaugh, 17, Poetry, Learning to Look Up, Teacher – Barbara Waterman
Helen Vaughan, 14, Short Story, Mr. Barton, Teacher – Elizabeth Yarrington
Helen Vaughan, 14, Personal Essay/Memoir, The Shoes, Teacher – Elizabeth Yarrington
Krissy Waite, Personal Essay/Memoir, I Cannot Hate You, Teacher – Barbara Waterman
Amelia Watt, 13, Personal Essay/Memoir, A New Beginning, Teachers – Charlotte Agell & Brad Martin
Amelia Watt, 13, Critical Essay, The Dark Side of Social Media, Teachers – Charlotte Agell & Brad
Martin
Vic Wilbur, 17, Poetry, Her, Teacher – Nancy Raymond
Vic Wilbur, 17, Poetry, The Optimist, Teacher – Nancy Raymond
Honorable Mention
Annie Acker-Wolfhagen, 17, Poetry, A Small Minded World, Teacher – Lucinda Stein
Jeanne Allen, 17, Personal Essay/Memoir, Advice From a Former Starving Artist, Teacher – Jen Onken
Marlee Anderson, 17, Personal Essay/Memoir, Parental Muses, Teacher – Amy Russell
Isabella April, Short Story, Drawing a Picture of Marilyn Monroe, Teacher – Elizabeth Barker
Emma Auclair, 16, Critical Essay, Bigotry Thrives, Unity Dies, Teacher – Scott Singer
Courtney Bodeen, 16, Poetry, A Dance with the Devil, Teacher – Johnna Stanton
Courtney Bodeen, 16, Short Story, Knock on Wood, Teacher – Johnna Stanton
Ella Boyd, Poetry, America, Teacher – Suzanne Langlois
Ariana Bregy, 15, Short Story, Closed Doors, Teachers – Jon Appleby & Adina Hunter
Rebekah Brown, 16, Personal Essay/Memoir, Pure Happiness, Teacher – Tracy Haskell
Morgan Burgess, 16, Poetry, A Letter to Autumn, Teacher – Brandon Terrill
Alexandra Burns, 17, Writing Portfolio, Instead Of Madness, Teacher – Amy Russell
Anna Callahan, 17, Journalism, Getting to the Bottom of the Diaper Dilemma, Teacher – Amy Russell
Arden Carleton, 12, Poetry, Cayman Diving, Chewonki, Teacher – Anne Merkel
Francesca Ciampa, 16, Short Story, My City, My Love, Teacher – Carolyn Ciampa
Emma Cohen, 15, Flash Fiction, Dancing Flames, Teacher – Daniel Paul
Emma Collins, 13, Personal Essay/Memoir, You, Me, and Everything Else in Between: a Sisterhood,
Teacher – Anne Merkel
Jillian Cote, 14, Poetry, The Art of Feeling, Teacher – Jonathan York
Bella DeJoy, 16, Poetry, Lumiere, Teacher – Kristen Kelley
Emma Dexter, 16, Poetry, Poetry Takes the Cake, Teacher – Lori Gunn
Noelle DiBiase, 17, Poetry, A Rickety Existance, Teacher – Lucinda Stein
Kobe Dodge, 14, Flash Fiction, A Life at War, Teacher – Jolene Twombly-Wiser
Colin Edwards, 13, Short Story, The Rams Big Win, Teacher – Jolene Twombly-Wiser
Elizabeth Flanagan, 16, Poetry, What Does a Fir Tree Know of Winter, Teacher – Heather Webster
Soleil Fournier, 13, Personal Essay/Memoir, Our Infinite Stars, Teacher – Brad Martin
Hannah Foust, 14, Poetry, Competition, Teacher – David Lessard
Zahra Freedman, 15, Humor, A Few Thoughts About Norman, Teacher – Rosamond Gross
Zahra Freedman, 15, Personal Essay/Memoir, An Olympic Sized Issue, Teacher – Rosamond Gross
Zahra Freedman, 15, Personal Essay/Memoir, Love Lost Over Legos, Teacher – Rosamond Gross
Anna Friberg, 17, Poetry, Dishes, Teacher – Lisa Melanson
Anna Friberg, 17, Poetry, Home, Teacher – Lisa Melanson
Yuan Gao, 16, Flash Fiction, Rescue, Teacher – Joanne Lannin
Mia Garza, 16, Flash Fiction, Koi no Yokan, Teacher – Colleen Madden
Sophia Geiger, 13, Short Story, Talking To Myself, Teacher – Maria Simpson
Devlin Geisler, 12, Flash Fiction, Overcomer, Teacher – Cynthia Raymond
Pearl Gilbert, 15, Short Story, Epiphany, Teacher – Brian Garrity
Mary Hammond, 17, Flash Fiction, 432 Park Avenue, An Isle of Bitter Fruit, Teacher – Michele
Birkenshaw
Finn Hansbury, 13, Short Story, Blank Mind, Teacher – Maria Simpson
Wadak Harbi, 14, Personal Essay/Memoir, “I love you, mom.”, Teacher – Scott Singer
Ben Harrington, 16, Personal Essay/Memoir, A Token from Better Times, Teacher – Lisa Melanson
Graham Harris, 14, Poetry, Ode to the Blueberry, Woodpecker, The Cycle of Archery, Teacher – Anne
Merkel
Graham Harris, 14, Personal Essay/Memoir, Proud of Me, Teacher – Anne Merkel
Ellie Hilscher, 14, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Children in Charge, Teacher – Heidi Grant
Forest Holbrook, 13, Poetry, Ode to the Gelato Fiasco, Autumn Waves, Teacher – Anne Merkel
Cyrus Hooker, 13, Humor, A Football Dream, Teacher – Jolene Twombly-Wiser
Georgia Howe, 14, Poetry, My Prison, Teacher – Helen Onorato
Emily Hubert, 16, Poetry, Quiet, Teacher – Thomas Sheehy
Alhassan Kareem, 17, Poetry, Ten Months Without Her, Teacher – Molly McGrath
Anna Kelly, 13, Poetry, Acadia Cliffs, Queendom, Teacher – Anne Merkel
Ashley Kiser, 18, Personal Essay/Memoir, I Quit You, Teacher – Timothy Straub
Amanda Kline, 14, Poetry, Karma Stands Stunned in the Face of Time, Teacher – Alan Cartwright
Leeza Kopaeva, 16, Personal Essay/Memoir, Circles of Christianity, Teacher – Laura Lennig
Dani Lainisalo, Personal Essay/Memoir, Me and my Brother, Teacher – Barbara Waterman
Ty LeBlond, 13, Humor, My Astonishing Day, Teacher – Jolene Twombly-Wiser
Kathleen Ledoux, 15, Personal Essay/Memoir, Promises, Teacher – Lisa Melanson
Thomasina Lester, 13, Critical Essay, Renewable Energy: Why Aren’t We Using It?, Teacher – Jolene
Twombly-Wiser
Michael MacFarland-Foley, 15, Poetry, Ask Second, Think First, Teacher – Joanne Lannin
Lexi Mack, Science Fiction/Fantasy, You will Never Rest Here, Child, Teacher – Jolene Twombly-Wiser
Cassie Marceau, 17, Poetry, Papa, Teacher – Lucinda Stein
Hope McSherry, 13, Personal Essay/Memoir, Stained, Teacher – Anne Merkel
Callie Meehan, 12, Novel Writing, The Lieutenant Chapter One, Teacher – Charlotte Agell
Amelia Melanson, 18, Personal Essay/Memoir, A Thousand Chapter Ones, Teacher – Lisa Melanson
Amelia Melanson, 18, Poetry, Reconciliation, Teacher – Lisa Melanson
Amelia Melanson, 18, Humor, Summer at The Lobster Shack-With Apologies to Walt Whitman's
“Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry”, Teacher – Lisa Melanson
Amelia Melanson, 18, Poetry, Two Steps Back, One Step Forward, Teacher – Lisa Melanson
Marisa Mizzoni, 17, Poetry, After David Scriven Crowley’s Andrew with Faith and Reason, Teacher –
Jody Selsberg
Marisa Mizzoni, 17, Short Story, An Excerpt From: Hangman, Teacher – Jody Selsberg
Marisa Mizzoni, 17, Poetry, An Open Letter to the Scar on My Right Knee, Teacher – Jody Selsberg
Madison Momenee, 14, Personal Essay/Memoir, Schoodic Mountain, Teachers – Elizabeth Barker &
Adina Hunter
Mackenzie Moore, 14, Dramatic Script, The Creatures in the Woods, Teacher – Scott Singer
Afton Morton, 14, Flash Fiction, Living Beyond Time, Teacher – Heidi Grant
Jack Morton, 17, Critical Essay, Morality Has Changed Over Time, Teacher – Barbara Waterman
Wells Mundell-Wood, 13, Poetry, Don’t Wait Up, Teacher – Thomas True
Wells Mundell-Wood, 13, Personal Essay/Memoir, Musical Cities, Teacher – Thomas True
Amanda O’Connor, 17, Science Fiction/Fantasy, The Way of the World, Teacher – Thomas Noonan
Lily Oliver, 17, Writing Portfolio, This Is Not a Heavenly Revival, Teachers – Jenna Hubbard, Amy
Rosenberg & Matt Rosenberg
Daniel Paine, 13, Flash Fiction, A Dog’s Horrid Journey, Teacher – Jolene Twombly-Wiser
Emma Perkins, 15, Short Story, What We Carry, Teacher – Adina Hunter
Audrey Perreault, 17, Poetry, Now You See Me, Teacher – Lucinda Stein
Anna Richardson, Personal Essay/Memoir, Across the Country, Teachers – Elizabeth Barker & Adina
Hunter
Manu Ritchie, 13, Dramatic Script, Ella Cinder, the Real Story, Teacher – Steve Ritchie
Grace Roberts, 16, Personal Essay/Memoir, Hit, Teacher – Matthew Clements
Grace Roberts, 16, Short Story, How August Bled, Teacher – Matthew Clements
Grace Roberts, 16, Flash Fiction, If You See Her, Teacher – Matthew Clements
Marcus Russano, 13, Poetry, Unique Encounter, Ode to Doodles, Teacher – Anne Merkel
Callie Russell, 15, Science Fiction/Fantasy, The Rat King, Teacher – Kerry Herlihy
Safa Saleh, 17, Critical Essay, To Protest, or Not to Protest, Teacher – Susan Inman
Avi Singh, 13, Critical Essay, Is Technology Taking Over Our Lives?, Teacher – Charlotte Agell
Alaia Singh, 18, Poetry, Dear Dad, Teacher – Barbara Waterman
Alaia Singh, 18, Personal Essay/Memoir, The Turning, Teacher – Barbara Waterman
Amelia Skehan, 12, Short Story, My Life as Mercy, Teacher – Cynthia Raymond
Emma Skelton, 15, Critical Essay, Gender Inequality in Colonial Africa, Teacher – Barbara Waterman
Erica Slomienski, 18, Flash Fiction, Eccedentesiast, Teacher – Tracy Haskell
Eli Spahn, 15, Short Story, Hope, Teacher – Kim Sellers
Raina Sparks, 14, Poetry, Don’t Wait, Teacher – Elizabeth Yarrington
Raina Sparks, 14, Poetry, Miller’s Station, Teacher – Elizabeth Yarrington
Timothy St. Pierre, 18, Writing Portfolio, An Altar to the Iconoclast, Teachers – Allison Price & Janice
Smith
Timothy St. Pierre, 18, Poetry, Le Demimonde, Teachers – Allison Price & Janice Smith
Julia Stinneford, 17, Personal Essay/Memoir, Live With Words, Teacher – Susan Inman
River Thurston, 14, Flash Fiction, Flipped Upside Down, Teacher – Jolene Twombly-Wiser
Aidan Trotter, 17, Critical Essay, The Market According to McMillan and Marx, Teacher – Will Beals
Alanah Tuohey, 13, Flash Fiction, Is Decapitation Really The Best You Can Do?, Teacher – Adam
Harnik
Andrea Wainwright, 14, Poetry, November, Teacher – David Lessard
Vic Wilbur, 17, Poetry, Again, Teacher – Nancy Raymond
Vic Wilbur, 17, Poetry, Cut, Sew, Tie a Bow, Teacher – Nancy Raymond
Conor Wolff, 13, Personal Essay/Memoir, Home Intruder (Maybe), Teachers – Charlotte Agell & Ira
Warshaw
Yue Wu, 16, Short Story, The Statue, Teacher – Daniel Paul
Congratulations Award Winners!